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Aiding community to be disaster ready
Some of the Capricornia region’s most vulnerable people will now be more disaster ready thanks to the Carinity Community Recovery Challenge.
Four community groups based in Rockhampton, Yeppoon and Emu Park were gifted emergency first aid kits to provide to their homeless and at-risk clients.
Almost 250 first aid kits have be shared between the Yeppoon Community Centre, St Brendan’s College’s Eddie’s Van, Food Relief Capricorn Coast, and the St Vincent de Paul Society Housing and Homelessness Program.
Carinity Education Rockhampton Principal Lyn Harland presents a first aid kit to Joseph Pickett from Eddie’s Van.
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Central Queensland based community groups have been donated emergency first aid kits to provide to their homeless and at-risk clients, allowing them to be more disaster ready.
About 250 first aid kits were shared between the Yeppoon Community Centre, St Brendan’s College’s Eddie’s Van, Food Relief Capricorn Coast, and the St Vincent de Paul Society Housing and Homelessness Program.
Each 40-piece first aid kit contained an emergency blanket, safety vest, torch, first aid information booklet and items for treating injuries.
The first aid kits were donated to the organisations by the Community Recovery Challenge, an initiative of Carinity Education Rockhampton.